Search and rescue team, NAVY divers have resumed their search for a young football team who have been trapped inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for five days now.
Hundreds of people have been mobilised to find the boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach who went into the cave in the northern Chiang Rai province.
Rescuers are seen outside the Tham Luang caves. REUTERS/Stringer
A rescue worker is seen inside of the Tham Luang caves. REUTERS/Stringer
Rescue teams search the Tham Luang caves. REUTERS/Stringer
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Rescue workers are seen inside of the Tham Luang caves. REUTERS/Stringer
Rescue workers are seen in Tham Luang caves during a search for 12 members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 27, 2018. The 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach, were trapped on Saturday after heavy rain flooded the cave complex. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
The boys’ bicycles and soccer boots were found at the mouth of the Tham Luang caves, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, after they went missing late on Saturday.
They were believed to have been trapped by rising waters inside the cave network when heavy rain hit.
Members of a navy “seal” unit including a team of divers, are searching the cave system.
“The team went down to a depth of 5 metres (16 feet) and found a large chamber … but we’ve found no trace of the children,” the navy unit said.
They were trapped when heavy rains are believed to have flooded the Tham Luang Nang Non cave’s main entrance.
Meanwhile, their anxious parents and relatives camped out at the cave near the border with Myanmar and Laos praying for the children’s safe return.
The boys and their coach entered the cave after training on Saturday.
They may have been cut off by rising flood water in the cave, officials said.
Navy SEAL divers equipped with oxygen tanks and food rations entered the cave early on Tuesday, where light rains continued to fall.
‘Our team in the area went inside the cave early morning and will continue to walk to the cave’s end,’ Thai Navy SEAL said on its Facebook page.
Buddhist monks praying outside the Tham Luang caves for their safe return.
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Bicycles left by the missing football players lean against a railing at the entrance of a deep cave as the officials search during a rescue operation at the Tham Luang cave in Tham Luang Khun Nam Nang Noon Forest Park in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, 26 June 2018. At least 12 members of a youth football team are believed to be missing after being trapped in cave they were visiting by raising water.
Cave search continues for members of football team missing in northern Thailand, Chiang Rai – 26 Jun 2018
Soldiers read a map near the Tham Luang caves.
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Thai military personnel and rescuers are seen outside the Tham Luang caves. REUTERS/Stringer
